Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMMORTALS, by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN First Line: The earth was never worthy Last Line: Through the cycles of the years. Subject(s): Immortality | ||||||||
The earth was never worthy Of its ardent, flaming souls, Whose burning zeal for an ideal Set new and shining goals, For nations to achieve, Beyond the ken of pygmy men To image or conceive Those god-like seers who pierced the years And saw through mists of blood and tears The race's upward climb. Rewards? In life it gave them gibes and sneers. Then, marble mausoleums In later shamed years. Ah, earth was never worthy Of its martyr-souls and seers, Who have swept it ever upward Through the cycles of the years. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WALLACE STEVENS' LETTERS by ROBERT BLY DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING by DAVID IGNATOW I CLOSE MY EYES by DAVID IGNATOW IN 'DESIGNING A CLOAK TO CLOAK HIS DESIGNS' YOU WRESTED FROM OBLIVION by MARIANNE MOORE THE THINGS THAT DIE by GREGORY ORR THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON YOUTH'S IMMORTALITY by GEORGE SANTAYANA BALLADE OF MID-WINTER NIGHTS by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN |
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